Kemi Badenoch

I am a black conservative.

— Kemi Badenoch

I had a very tough upbringing. We all had to do something called 'manual labour.' Mostly it meant getting up at 5…

— Kemi Badenoch

Everyone had their own machete. Because that's how you cut grass in Africa. There were no lawn mowers. We had to tend…

— Kemi Badenoch

Before any decision is made on proposals for ending conversion therapy we must understand the problem, the range of options available and…

— Kemi Badenoch

I was unlucky enough to grow up under a military dictatorship which had very Left-wing, socialist policies. It's not something I would…

— Kemi Badenoch

I want people to realise we're not just stuffy aristocrats and Old Etonians. There are black Tories and lots of middle and…

— Kemi Badenoch

The Sewell Commission was an opportunity to move away from discussions of 'culture wars' towards a balanced, informed discussion about race and…

— Kemi Badenoch

In the papers, they were talking about how 'Friends' is now sort of really homophobic, transphobic and so on. That, for me,…

— Kemi Badenoch

I have already sent advice to candidates and what I have said was 'be aware that your social media profile is now…

— Kemi Badenoch

I am one of those people for whom pregnancy is an ordeal.

— Kemi Badenoch

It's not just about being free to marry who you want, you now want to have men using women's bathrooms.

— Kemi Badenoch

The British Parliament always has adjusted and that is why it is the oldest in the world, because it takes its lead…

— Kemi Badenoch

I wish the private sector worked as hard at explaining its importance as much as the public sector.

— Kemi Badenoch

Conversion therapy is a very complex issue.

— Kemi Badenoch

My favorite artist has not changed since I was five years old: Michael Jackson.

— Kemi Badenoch

For many immigrant groups, lack of trust in authority is something they actually bring from the countries they come from.

— Kemi Badenoch

My children are mixed race. I want them to think: 'This is our country, our father's family has been here for thousands…

— Kemi Badenoch

It is important to tackle racial discrimination. But these matters must be handled sensitively.

— Kemi Badenoch

We take every single allegation of Islamophobia seriously and where we do find party members or people who hold positions in local…

— Kemi Badenoch

Neave demonstrated that social reform is not a battle between the haves and the have-nots. It is about how change can only…

— Kemi Badenoch

I was lucky. I got university degrees and had a successful tech and finance career. But many of my generation weren't.

— Kemi Badenoch

We do not want to see teachers teaching their white pupils about white privilege and inherited racial guilt.

— Kemi Badenoch

People have the same issues wherever they come from. Schools. Hospitals.

— Kemi Badenoch

Free speech is never out of the news.

— Kemi Badenoch

Everyone in public life should judge ideas on the quality of their contents, not the identity of their proponents. Doing so is…

— Kemi Badenoch